DFA: Ayungin arrangement with China is just ‘information exchange’

MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro clarified that its “provisional arrangement” with her Chinese counterpart on rotation and resupply (RORE) missions to the Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal was merely an “information exchange.” She made the explanation on Thursday as she faced the House appropriations committee that was deliberating on her department’s proposed